Press the 'Del' key to delete it. You may still have to use Safe Mode to delete your file if the file is being used by a program or service. If you still can't delete the file in question, the file is most likely either locked by another user or reserved as a system file. Either way, you won't be able to delete the file.
- Amazon will also delete your account’s purchase history and customer data, so any reviews, discussion posts, and photos you’ve uploaded to Amazon’s website will also be erased. RELATED: How to Archive and Better Manage Your Amazon Orders. Closing your account and creating a new one is the only way to erase your Amazon purchase history.
- Operator delete is a regular function that can be called explicitly just as any other function. But in C, delete is an operator with a very specific behavior: An expression with the delete operator, first calls the appropriate destructors for each element in the array (if these are of a class type), and then calls an array deallocation.
- If you use Gmail through your work, school, or other group, contact your administrator. Before deleting your Gmail service, download your data. Go to your Google Account. On the left navigation panel, click Data & personalization. On the Download, delete, or make a plan for your data panel, click Delete a service or your account.
Delete may refer to any of the following:
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1. In general, delete or remove refers to the act of eliminating a file, text, or another object from the computer hard drive or other media. For example, if you had a picture on the computer you no longer wanted, it could be deleted.
What happens when you delete?
In Microsoft Windows, deleted files are sent to the Recycle Bin. On Apple computers, deleted files are sent to the Trash. In most operating systems, when files are deleted, they are only marked as such, but still exist on the hard drive until they are overwritten by other data. This condition is what makes data recovery possible.
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2.Del is both a common abbreviation for delete and a key on a computer keyboard. It is sometimes used in combination with other keys to perform certain actions on a computer, also known as shortcut keys. For example, Ctrl+Alt+Del indicates pressing the Ctrl, Alt, and Delete keys at the same time. The picture is an example of the delete key found on an Apple computer.
NoteWith some keyboards, the delete key may be labeled as a clear key.
Where is the Del or Delete key on the keyboard?
Pictured below is keyboard with the Delete keys highlighted in blue on the main keyboard, and on the numeric keypad.
NoteApple computer keyboards have a 'delete' key instead of a Backspace key and no Del key on the numeric keypad. With Apple keyboards that have a numeric keypad, there will be a clear button instead of a Del key. If you have a Chromebook see where is the delete key on a Chromebook section below.
Practice using the Del key
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Click in the middle of the text in the below box and press the Del key to practice using the key.
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Press and hold down Ctrl and press Del to delete one full word at a time, instead of deleting one character at a time.
How many delete keys are on the keyboard?
On desktop computer keyboards, there are two delete keys on the keyboard. On laptop computers with no numeric keypad, there is only one delete key on the keyboard. If you have a Chromebook, there are no delete keys.
Where is the delete key on a Chromebook?
There is no delete key on Chromebooks. However, if you need the functionality of a delete key, you can press the keyboard shortcutAlt+Backspace to delete on a Chromebook.
Does the delete key remove text from the left or right of the cursor?
On a PC keyboard, the Backspace key deletes the character to the left of the cursor, and moves the cursor back one space. On these keyboards pressing the Delete key removes the character to the right of the cursor, and the cursor does not change position.
On an Apple keyboard, the Delete key behaves like the Backspace key on a PC keyboard. Pressing the Delete key on an Apple keyboard removes the character to the left of the cursor, and moves the cursor back one space.
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3.Delete is a command line command that removes data or files. Below is a list of different methods for deleting a file or directory from a command line.
- MS-DOS and Windows command line users can delete files using the del, deltree, or erase commands.
- Linux and Unix users can delete files using the rm command.
4. When writing HTML, the <del> tag is used to indicate that a block of text was deleted from a web page. In some cases, the <ins> tag would then be used to indicate the new text being added in place of the deleted text.
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Delete Watch History
Your browsing history is the info that Internet Explorer stores on a PC as you surf the web. To help improve your experience, this includes info you've entered into forms, passwords, and sites you've visited. However, if you're using a shared or public PC, you may not want Internet Explorer to save your history.
View your browsing history and delete specific sites
By viewing your browsing history, you can choose to delete specific sites, or return to a webpage that you've already visited.
- In Internet Explorer, select the Favorites button.
- Select the History tab, and choose how you want to view your history by selecting a filter from the menu. To delete specific sites, right-click a site from any of these lists and then select Delete. Or, return to a page by selecting any site in the list.
Delete your browsing history
Regularly deleting your browsing history helps protect your privacy, especially if you're using a shared or public PC.
- In Internet Explorer, select the Tools button, point to Safety, and then select Delete browsing history.
- Choose the types of data or files you want to remove from your PC, and then select Delete.
What gets deleted when you delete your browsing history
Types of info | What gets deleted | Internet Explorer version |
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Browsing history | The list of sites you've visited. | All |
Cached images temporary Internet files | Copies of pages, images, and other media content stored on your PC. The browser uses these copies to load content faster the next time you visit those sites. | All |
Cookies | Info that sites store on your PC to remember your preferences, such as your sign-in or your location. | All |
Download history | The list of files you've downloaded from the web. This only deletes the list, not the actual files you've downloaded. | Only Internet Explorer 11 and Internet Explorer 10 |
Form data | Info that you've entered into forms, such as your email or a shipping address. | All |
Passwords | Passwords that you've saved for sites. | All |
Tracking Protection, ActiveX Filtering, and Do Not Track data | Websites you've excluded from ActiveX Filtering, and data that the browser uses to detect tracking activity. | All |
Favorites | The list of sites that you've saved as favorites. Don't delete favorites if you only want to remove individual sites—this will delete all of your saved sites. | All |
InPrivate filtering data | Saved data used by InPrivate Filtering to detect where sites might be automatically sharing details about your visit. | Only for Internet Explorer 9 and Internet Explorer 8 |
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Note: For working with browsing history in Microsoft Edge, see View and delete browser history in Microsoft Edge.